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Erick

12/11/16

I was thrilled that TCM had "The Revolt of Mamie Stover" on it's schedule. I've really enjoyed watching Jane Russell movies and find her so contemporary in her acting compared to the other great stars of her era. But about the movie, - I found it really drew me in, but felt there were parts missing - like scenes had been cut that left some holes in the finished picture. That said, Jane was really good given the little she was given to work with....that's why I think important scenes may have been cut. But still a fun and good watch....the ending surprised me. MY biggest compliant is the copy that TCM showed was the pan & scan version. This should be in letterbox format!!! I would love to see this released on DVD or blu ray in proper letterbox format. But thanks for showing it, TCM and I hope you'll continue to show it, perhaps in letterbox format!!

art imitates life

el debbo

6/12/16

The MP Captain who teaches Mamie to play golf was Richard Coogan. After making a few movies and alot of Westerns on television, he retired and was a golf instructor for the rest of his working life.

5 stars! Thank you Raoul Walsh!

el debbo

6/12/16

Beginning with Mamie's unforgettable long look back at San Francisco, when the titles come up, to The End, I loved this movie. It's pure, beautiful Technicolor entertainment at its 50's finest. Jane's lush figure in those trapeze outfits, Richard Egan's glossy hair and hunk physique, set against the BIG backdrop of Hawaii as it was...and kissing galore.I loved the nightclub, with the bass-beat audible outside, and all the action inside as soon as the doors opened. The card shark was terrific! Agnes Moorehead was fab as ever, and Jorja Curtright was transformed into someone else once again...she was the actress with 1,000 faces. In "Tender Trap" she looked like Ava Gardner. Richard Coogan playing Captain Eldon Sumac was verrry compelling, and he was only in 4 movies. Pity. If you admire Jane, check out her late-in-life number at the full-house Castro Theater singing "Big Bad Jane" (youtube). What a gal.

Jane is worth the watch

Emily

9/12/11

This is not a great film, but there is something very compelling about it. Jane Russell's performance is tough but nuanced with a damaged soul, deep-burried vulnerability. She'll fight it all out before breaking. In the end, she does break, but quickly puts herself back together, but the ending was supposedly changed, so this scene lacks the emotional punch it should of had. The real reason to watch this film is Russell....probably THE most original sex symbol in film history. There has never been a sex goddess so physically sturdy, so emotionally tough, so aware, so outwardly confident and so bored by the ogling attention from the opposite sex.

When'd you go bricktop?

Jane4Ever

12/28/10

That's what Richard Egan asks after Mamie has dyed her hair to become the sensation of the South Pacfic theater of war. This is definitely a pot-boiler, but Jane as "Flaming Mamie" is something to behold. It shows up often enough on The Fox Movie Channel these days, so be on the look-out.

A little revolting goes a long way.

DougieB

3/28/09

Anything revolutionary about this tale got lost in the transition from book to movie. In the book, Mamie was a (Fill in your own euphemism.) and a war profiteer and was notorious for fraternizing with tens of thousands of troops stationed in the South Pacific. She was no Nellie Forbush; Mamie meant business. Thanks to the Production Code, her place of business became a dance hall, where hostesses entertained gentlemen in "champagne rooms", and conversation was the order of the day. Riveting. When you stop laughing, we can continue. This was supposedly one of the reasons Marilyn walked out on 20th. (I've also read they wanted her for Heller In Pink Tights, which went to Sophia Loren.) All that having been said, I like this movie on its own terms, and I LOVE Jane Russell in anything. In the process of being neutered, it became something of a cartoon, and on that level it works quite well. It's garish and fun, like a carnival side-show. Jane gets an able assist from Richard Egan, who helps give voice to her conscience. Agnes Moorehead is a pip as the "entrepreneur" who runs the dance hall, getting lots of mileage out of a severe blonde wig. Jane goes brick-top and gets her own mileage out of hair color. After Pearl Harbor, Mamie uses her earnings from all that dancing to buy up real estate dirt cheap as panicky property owners flee to the mainland. Her greed undoes her, of course, and relationships go sour. A chastened Mamie heads home. Like I said - standard fare, but fun.

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